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1. What we do

The Department for International Trade (DIT) South East International Trade Team supports small to medium businesses (SMEs) in the South East of England to develop their international sales.

We help first time or experienced exporters enter new markets.

Our International Trade Advisers (ITAs) provide support to businesses through services tailored to their needs.

We help businesses who are located within the following counties: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East and West Sussex, Hampshire and Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, and Surrey. Find your nearest DIT office.

2. Who we work with

We partner with business support organisations, other government departments and networks reaching out to wider audiences. These include the Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), chambers of commerce, banks, trade associations, business membership groups and universities.

3. Message from Lewis Scott, DIT Regional Director for the South East

Lewis Scott, DIT Regional Director for the South East

The UK government’s ambition is for exports to reach one trillion pounds and to get 100,000 more companies exporting by 2020 - and DIT South East is working hard to help achieve this.

We have a team of specialist ITAs with real industry knowledge and a vast amount of export experience. The team has assisted over 2,000 local companies this financial year to seize global opportunities through intensive tailored support.

The South East:

is England’s biggest exporting region, exporting goods to the value of £39.2 billion for the year ending September 2014

has the largest number of universities to support the research and development work for these important industry sectors

As well as the intensive one to one support that our ITAs offer to both first time and existing exporters, DIT South East runs a large number of events.

These raise awareness about markets and facilitates. We also deliver a number of market visits and events to high growth markets (such as India, China, Brazil and Mexico) in addition to developed markets like Europe and the US.

Please call us on 0330 3000 012 to discuss how we can help you to succeed in world markets.